Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

  • NR
  • 09/01/1944 (US)
  • Comedy, Crime
  • 1h 58m

She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!

Overview

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!

Frank Capra

Director

Julius J. Epstein

Screenplay

Philip G. Epstein

Screenplay

Cast

Cary Grant's headshot

Cary Grant

Mortimer Brewster
Priscilla Lane's headshot

Priscilla Lane

Elaine Harper Brewster
Josephine Hull's headshot

Josephine Hull

Aunt Abby Brewster
Jean Adair's headshot

Jean Adair

Aunt Martha Brewster
Raymond Massey's headshot

Raymond Massey

Jonathan Brewster
John Alexander's headshot

John Alexander

'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
Peter Lorre's headshot

Peter Lorre

Dr. Einstein
Jack Carson's headshot

Jack Carson

Officer Patrick O'Hara

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